Discover Eudora by Sunflower Publishing

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One small community making a

Big Splash

a community guide

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a note from the chamber Welcome to Eudora! On behalf of the Eudora Chamber of Commerce, our members, and our business community as a whole, I am pleased to welcome you to our great city. While in Eudora, I hope you will shop and explore the many amenities we have to offer. I think that you will find Eudora is a welcoming community with an excellent school system, a quaint downtown, two of Kansas’ best vineyards, and abundant recreational opportunities for a community of our size. Conveniently located between Lawrence—home of the University of Kansas Jayhawks—and the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area, Eudora has experienced significant growth over the past 20 years. The recent addition of the Eudora Family Care center, a division of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, has increased the community’s ability to offer convenient and comprehensive health care. Moreover, the city is in the early stages of developing a new public safety building to house the Eudora police and fire departments. The city’s commitment to providing quality services makes it evident that Eudora is a city on the move and poised for future growth. Whether you are stopping by for an afternoon, are a frequent visitor to our community, or are looking to relocate to Eudora, I encourage you to visit either the City’s website, www.cityofeudoraks.gov or our own Chamber website www.eudorakschamber.org to learn more about our wonderful community. Situated at the crossroads of the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers, we have a rich history and traditions we are eager to share with you! If we at the Chamber can contribute in any way to making your stay with us more enjoyable, please don’t hesitate to let us know. With warmest wishes, Linda Langston Convention and Visitors Bureau Director, Eudora Chamber of Commerce

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Editor Katy Ibsen Designer/Art Director Shelly Bryant Copy Editor Christy Little Account Executive Shaun Musick 785.832.6316 Joanne Morgan 785.832.7264 Ad Designers Jenni Leiste Chief Photographers Jason Dailey Contributing Writer and Photographer Seth Jones General Manager Bert Hull

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Chamber Board of Directors President Susie Pryor - Tallgrass Communications President Elect Amanda Herrmann - Amanda’s Dance Academy Past President Amy Durkin - Amy L. Durkin, Attorney at Law Secretary/Treasurer Angie Miller - Eudora Community Learning Center Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Linda Langston - Eudora Wine & Spirits At-Large Director Kathy Brecheisen - Reece & Nichols At-Large Director Deb Barr - Byrne’s Pharmacy

City of Eudora Administration Mayor Scott Hopson City Administrator John Harrenstein Economic Analyst Collin Bieiser

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16 Uniquely Eudora

32 A walk in Eudora’s parks

With programs like these, Eudora is far from the average school district

Creativity and entrepreneurship drive these residents to chase big dreams

Clean, well-equipped parks are in abundance

10 Eudora’s award-winning wines Visitors might not realize Eudora

22 Downtown Eudora reaches out This short stretch

has two wineries, and both make gold-medal caliber wines

of Main Street reaches far and wide in people’s hearts

14 First-class facility

28 Historic America, Historic Eudora Eudora finds

Can-Do Attitude

There’s nothing small-town about Eudora’s Community and Aquatic Center

itself in the middle of many major American themes

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40 35 quick guide 36 Eat 38 Play 40 attend 42 chamber membership listings

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can-do attitude

With programs like these, Eudora is far from the average school district

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Eudora school district has a mantra: small-district feel, largedistrict quality. How better to describe a high school with a little more than 400 students that offers courses in auto collision repair, the culinary arts and agriculture? “It’s common in your bigger districts—Blue Valley and Olathe, you’ll find extensive vocational programs. But you’re talking about huge districts,” says G.A. Buie, principal of Eudora High School. “But go to a 4A high school with 400 to 500 kids. You just don’t find these programs. They don’t exist.” Eudora High boasts a full auto collision garage, set up for

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Get to Know EDTEC Thanks to a partnership with nearby De Soto, the Eudora-De Soto Technical Education Center (EDTEC) is serving area teens beyond the traditional classroom through state-of-the-art technical

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Agriculture The Agricultural Sciences program includes animal science, agriculture science, natural resources and wildlife management, agribusiness management, equine science, floral design, and horticulture.

everything from simple oil changes and dent repair to straightening frames and painting cars. For an example of the high school’s handiwork, look no further than the Eudora and Baldwin Police Department’s impressive Humvee rumbling around town. “That Humvee had been on the battlefield—it was painted in desert camouflage, they had holes in the interior floors along with a number of other problems,” Buie says. “The kids brought it in, repaired the holes, sanded it and painted it. It looks fantastic.” The room hosting students in the health and career sciences program looks more like an emergency room than a classroom. Sure, there are school desks on one side of the room, but the other side

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Auto Collision Technology In the Auto Collision Technology program, students reconstruct, repair, and replace vehicle body parts. Classes help students develop an understanding of metal work fundamentals, learn unibody and structure repair, replace glass and auto hardware, and paint and restore vehicles to their original condition Culinary arts / hospitality services Students interested in the food service industry will learn a wide variety of skills in the Food Production and Services program. This career-focused series of courses allows students to learn more about culinary arts, hotel, travel and tourism, and other hospitalityrelated industries. Visual arts The Visual Arts program exposes students to the field of digital art and the use of visual images for aesthetics or industry. Students study and experience a range of topics, from design and animation to digital and print production. Health career sciences Students in the Health Career Sciences program will be introduced to the rapidly growing field of health careers. The courses include career research, medical terminology, introductory anatomy and physiology, discuss of disease process, basic patient care skills, and observation/on-the-job training experiences in community health care facilities.

The most recent bond, passed in 2007, was $45 million and included: • A new elementary school • Performing arts center

• Additions to Eudora middle and high schools • Technology and security initiatives • An athletics complex • New Technical Education Center facility

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Early Childhood Education The commitment to early childhood education in Eudora encompasses both preschool programs and all-day kindergarten. Learning opportunities in the half-day preschool classes are available to a wide variety of students, including typically developing 3- and 4-year-olds, as well as at-risk and special education students. “Our early childhood programs in Eudora are among the most progressive you’ll find in this area,” says Shelley Dougherty, assistant principal at Eudora Elementary School. “We’re offering an education for all of our preschoolers that encompasses rich pre-academic, social and emotional skills in a caring and age-appropriate environment.” Pre-academic skills prepare students for the introductory concepts in math and reading that are covered in the district’s all-day kindergarten classes. But Dougherty equally stresses the importance of social and emotional skills, which help children develop healthy skills, such as communicating needs, identifying emotions and cooperating and playing with others. Dougherty explains that a student entering kindergarten with this type of basic preparation, whether from the district’s preschool or another high-quality learning environment, will thrive in all-day kindergarten. The district-level commitment to early childhood education is based on respected research that shows investment in learning for the youngest students far increases the likelihood that a student will succeed in school and in life. “Our goal for the early childhood program is for kids to enter primary grades ready to learn socially, emotionally and academically. And in Eudora, we believe that this age-appropriate early childhood preparation will pay dividends as our students grow, learn and progress through life,” says Dougherty.

“All-day K enables us to provide pre-academic skills for reading and math. But it also provides teachers the time to dive in and really explore the topics they’re working on. The extra time creates really great opportunities for social and emotional learning, as well as enrichment.”

-Shelley Dougherty, assistant principal at Eudora Elementary School

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features hospital beds, curtains and all the tools a CNA would need to help patients in a care facility. “It’s a very successful program. During a student’s senior year, they could have certified nurses’ assistant certification,” Buie says. “A lot of our kids will go into that type of program, go to college and eventually get into the medical field.” Don Grosdidier, superintendent of schools, was born in Eudora and has worked for the school system for 26 years. He says the reason USD 491 has such great facilities is because of the commitment from the community. “This community has been dedicated to improving the quality of life of its citizens,” Grosdidier says. “It’s been a 20-year process to get the facilities where they’re at today. This community has stepped up to pass three bond issues for the construction of multiple facilities.” Tara Grisafe recently moved to Eudora from Lawrence, in part because she wanted her two children, Abigail, 6, and Anthony, 7, to be in the school system. “I like everything about it—the teachers are great, the school district is great,” she says. “If they see any problems academically they catch it right away. They get more one-on-one here if they need it.” “This really is a great place to raise children,” Grosdidier echoes. “Just look at the staff, the facilities and the programs we have … plus, we’re still a small community.” “I think the thing you appreciate about a district like Eudora is the community involvement,” Buie says. “The community is here to support the kids, the program. We’re a big deal in town, and the kids get to feel like a big deal. In some places, the school is just there, it co-exists. The community rises the school system up to another level, and that’s something we’re proud of.”

Eudora has four facilities to meet the needs of approximately 1,500 students: • Eudora Elementary School (built in 2009), preschool-5 • Eudora Middle School (built in 1995), 6-8 • Eudora High School (built in 2002), 9-12 • Eudora-De Soto Technical Education Center (built in 2010), which offers exceptional hands-on learning programs for high school students.

There are more than 850 student and staff computers and educational technology resources.

eudora Schools schools core values of Eudora To fulfill the mission of best serving Eudora students, the Eudora Board of Education identified four core values in January 2009: collaboration, class size, personalized education and early childhood. According to superintendent Don Grosdidier, “These four elements contributed to the district’s recent and current success, but they also serve as critical guideposts during this time of great change in public education.”

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eudora’s award-winning wines Visitors might not realize Eudora has two wineries, and both make gold-medal caliber wines

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For years Pep Selvan lived near Napa, California where he enjoyed cabernets. but it wasn’t there that he met his favorite wine. It was back in Eudora. “This Norton grape … for a couple of years it was one of the best wines I’ve ever had,” he recalls of the first time he tried it at Davenport Orchards & Winery in Eudora. “And this is comparing it to California wines.” Selvan, who moved back to Eudora in 2000 to care for his parents, decided then that instead of having a typical front yard, he’d plant a vineyard. BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard & Winery was born that day.

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“The Midwest is rebounding in wine making. There are so many other breeds of wines from California wines,” Selvan says. “The fruit characteristics are so different. There are another 50 grapes that I never knew existed 12 years ago.” Greg Shipe, owner of Davenport Orchards & Winery, started making wine because his wife thought the grape vines were pretty. “We planted 80 table grapes—not to make wine, but to have fresh fruit to sell along with peaches and apples. We had extra grapes and made jelly for a while. Once we got tired of that, we discovered we could make wine out of grapes,” Shipe says with a smile.

Shipe says he and his wife were novices in wine making at the time, but they entered a wine in an amateur competition anyway. “We were going to sell to wineries, but the wine did well, and we were having fun,” Shipe says. “We decided to fix up the old garage to see if anyone would buy what we made.” On this day, a West Virginia couple was doing just that. “We have customers from California—they call ahead to reserve wines. They come for our sweet wines. They don’t have anything like that there,” Shipe says. “Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Arkansas, Missouri. We see out-of-state customers all the time.” The customers are what keep Shipe interested in wine making. His

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“The Midwest is rebounding in wine making. There are so many other breeds of wines from California wines.” -Pep Selvan Pep Selvan

vineyard has grown from 4 acres in 1985 to 22 acres today. “We make good wines in Kansas,” Shipe says. “We get a lot of good sunlight, and that’s what it takes to make a good wine.” It’s not just Shipe’s opinion that they make good wines in Eudora. From Wine Spectator to independent contests, both Davenport and BlueJacket have seen their wines earn gold medals when put up against wines from around the world. “Some people thought it was a fluke,” Shipe says of having one of his wines featured in Wine Spectator, “but recently we got a gold at an international competition. There were 2,500 wines from 16 countries, and only five golds given out. And then we won the run-off of the golds.” Selvan also has the hardware to speak on behalf of the quality of his wine. His favorite, the Vignoles, which he calls “remarkable,” won a gold medal at the 2011 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition.

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But he hasn’t let the success go to his head. “I find wine making a humbling experience,” Selvan says. “As soon as you have a little bit of success, you also find you need more experience and knowledge. So from day one, we’ve been going to classes and seminars and traveling to workshops.” Though they run wineries within a few miles of each other, Shipe and Selvan are brothers in wine, proud of each other’s accomplishments, and always encouraging customers to visit the other’s winery. “There’s a closeness in Eudora that you don’t get in bigger towns,” Shipe says of the community. There’s a closeness in community, and apparently, also in awardwinning wine.

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first-class facility There’s nothing small-town about Eudora’s Community and Aquatic Center story and photography by

Seth Jones If residents are looking for a hub of activity, they need look no further than the town’s recreation center. Featuring a double gym, workout room, classrooms, an outdoor pool and a tennis court, there’s no excuse for residents of Eudora to break their New Year’s resolutions. Use of most of the facility is free for residents, while a membership to the workout room only costs $20 a month. “I’m no salesman, but I really think you can’t beat it,” says Jimmy Kegin, assistant director of Eudora’s parks and recreation department of the fitness center. “It’s pay as you go and it’s available 24/7.” Kegin’s favorite thing about the rec center is the double gym. Often, half of the gym is set up to accommodate indoor volleyball, while the other end is left free for basketball or other activities.

Located off the Church Street exit from Kansas Highway 10, the $3.8 million dollar facility is only 5 years old, making it a popular attraction in Eudora. “For a community of this size to have something like this, let me tell you, there are a lot of communities jealous,” says Gary Scott, director of Eudora’s parks and rec. The center isn’t just for jocks, either. There’s a pool table in the lobby and a regular card game available every Thursday afternoon. Kung fu, tai chi, art classes and zumba are also staples at the center. “This is a marvelous facility for a town our size. We’re really lucky to have it. It’s run well, it’s clean, and they have a little bit of everything,” says Eudora resident Diane Chrislip. “I worked out in Lawrence [before the rec center was built], this is so much better. It’s nice because it’s convenient.”

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“For a community of this size to have something like this, let me tell you, there are a lot of communities jealous.” -Gary Scott Today she’s exercising with a regular fitness group that meets every weekday morning. “It’s good physically and emotionally,” she says. A heart problem is what drew Allan Buck to the rec center. He regularly uses the workout room’s treadmill, arm bike and stationary bike for a complete cardio workout. “[The facility] is great, it’s fantastic. The workout facility, the gym—it’s all first-class,” Buck says. “I retired three years ago. I wasn’t working out too much. I had a little heart problem, and now I work out regularly.” Buck says the center is a great deal, too. He and his wife get the joint senior citizen membership for only $25 a month. “You can’t beat that,” he says. Scott is encouraged by the traffic the facility sees every day. There

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Blastball Geocaching Indoor volleyball

Football Art exploration Zumba

are quiet times during the day, but the mornings and early evenings are packed. The facility sees about 200 people through the door per day during winter, 500-600 during the summer including the pool. Oh, and there’s also the 200,000-gallon pool next door. “Our summers are dominated by the pool,” Kegin says. “There’s lap lanes, two diving boards, a slide, a lazy river. It’s full of kids every day.” There is a master plan for parks and recreation, which calls for an increase in the size of the wellness center, and to do some additions to the aquatics park. But if Eudorans have any bright ideas, Scott asks that they give him a call. “We always invite others to come up with ideas,” he says.

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Creativity and entrepreneurship drive these residents to chase big dreams

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In small communities, knowing your neighbors is as common as the sun rising and setting each day. But you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to live right next door to some of these Eudora residents to have heard about their roles in the community. We consider these friends and neighbors uniquely Eudora.

Lori and Mike Smith

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Mike and Lori Smith This Old Church Residing in a 150-year-old church suits the Smiths just fine Mike Smith saw potential. Salem Chapel, an old German church built in 1870, would be the perfect place for his antique motorcycles and the occasional get-together. The only problem—it sold faster than he could get it. “They were going to make it a day care. The Realtor told me it was a done deal, so I forgot about it,” he says. Almost a year later, when Smith drove by 718 Church St., he saw the “For Sale” sign had returned. “I caught it the week it went back up for sale,” Smith says. “For a year I griped, I kept telling my wife, ‘I wish we could have bought that.’ It worked out that we ended up getting it.” For two years the Smiths used the church for storage of Mike’s dozen antique motorcycles and the occasional party. But eventually they decided to sell their 10-acre home in Linwood and move in. “It was hard to imagine [living in Salem Chapel], but he’s pretty good about seeing these things,” says Lori, Mike’s wife of 24 years. “It’s pretty unique. The grandkids love it, and we love it. We’ll probably be working on it until we die.” A 150-year-old brick church might not seem like everyone’s idea of paradise, but it fits the Smiths just fine. The vision is to keep the exterior looking like a church but make the interior look like a loft apartment. The main room of the house is 1,300 square feet and features 14-foot ceilings and a new radiant heat floor. The living room has a flat-screen TV, a pool table and a 10-foot basketball goal. “I play basketball in here,” Mike says. “I wish the ceiling was 4 feet higher. Some day I may raise the ceiling.” A stained-glass window fronts the building. Jolly Roger flies from the flagpole, and gargoyles sit atop each pillar. A 1,200-square-foot addition to the building was added in 1956 as a classroom and was the main living area until recently. Mike, a brick mason, and Lori, who works in wholesale, have done all of the renovations. The next big plan is to knock out the center of the north wall and build an addition to the house. They’ll add a kitchen and a deck. It’s not rare for passers-by to knock on the door to see if they can take a look inside the church-turned-house. One couple told them they were married in the church 60 years ago. A few tears flowed at the nostalgia of that visit. Then there was the bus tour. “An elderly lady knocked on the door, and she says, ‘Can we look at it?’ I said, ‘Sure,’” Lori Smith recalls, thinking “we” meant just a few people. “They had a whole bus. It was their seniors fun day. I said, ‘Well, come on in!’” Mike has quickly learned to enjoy the lifestyle of a small town after 12 years of living in the country. “I’m not crazy about having neighbors, but the neighbors around here are real nice. I like this street, the old houses, big trees,” he says. When he’s not working on the house, Mike likes to work on restoring his old cars. Anything that’s old, actually—cars, motorcycles, gas station signs—are right up his alley. “That’s what I love about living in an old church, I’ve got antiques, and I live in an old church,” he says. “I like the outside looking like a church, but I want the inside looking like a loft apartment. If I live long enough, I’ll get it.”

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James Burey The Golf Guru Eudora’s local golf center and its director bring big-time golf to a small community Pinehurst Resort, Wolf Creek, Prairie Dunes, Twin Oaks? True, to look at James “Jeff” Burey’s last four golf jobs, one may suspect he was cast away to golf purgatory to end his career. But that wasn’t the case. No, Burey had a burst of insight—Twin Oaks Golf Complex. Eudora called to him, and he answered. “I said, ‘Hey, Twin Oaks in Eudora needs to be open, and I need to be more involved with it,’” he says. “At 60 I had an epiphany and said I am going to semi-retire and see if I can build this facility up and grow the game of golf.” Burey is the former general manager/golf director at Wolf Creek (Olathe), the former head golf pro at Pinehurst Resort (Village of Pinehurst, N.C.) and the former general manager at Prairie Dunes (Hutchinson). Now he is the general manager, superintendent, golf pro, accountant and even occasional janitor at Twin Oaks Golf Complex, located at 1900 Road and Kansas Highway 10 in Eudora. “When I left Wolf Creek after 27 years, it was ranked No. 2 in the state of Kansas at the time,” Burey says. “One of the things I love about golf is, it’s just golf. Not to say that I haven’t had a great career … but golf is golf.” Regardless of Burey’s pedigree, his golf facility is a benefit to the community. Twin Oaks offers locals, as well as K-10 commuters, a convenient place to hit range balls or play a quick nine holes of pitch-and-putt.

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Burey had the idea for an affordable family golf center in 1991. He found a piece of land he liked between Lawrence and Kansas City and wrangled a few investors together. “The location was great for then, and even better for the future,” Burey says. He was an absentee owner for much of the ’90s, busy with his full-time job. In the 2000s, he was forced to close Twin Oaks because of some health issues and a lack of free time. It reopened in 2011 with Burey semi-retired and dedicated to growing the game of golf. “The corridor between Kansas City and Lawrence is quite busy. Over 28,000 cars a day pass by our facility on K-10, and it’s going to do nothing but get busier and busier as the corridor grows,” Burey says. “There’s so much tremendous upside potential with Eudora with its location.” Burey’s new challenge is to spread the game of golf to kids across Kansas and Missouri. He instructs physical education teachers all over the area a system to get their kids interested in golf and provides the occasional one-on-one lesson. “Not many communities have a (golf facility) that’s affordable, where it doesn’t take a whole lot of time, to get some instruction,” he says. “It’s wholesome. We want to be an integral part of the community, work with the schools and parks and rec.” Burey can boast many career highlights, from the three PGA Tour events to playing the first round on Twin Oaks’ pitch-and-putt. But his proudest golf achievement? It has nothing to do with golf at all. “The most rewarding and satisfying thing is watching what people I’ve worked with do with their lives,” Burey says. “I’m an older guy, I’m 62, there are dozens of young men and families out there that are a part of my life now, and they’ve made my life really good.”

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Amanda Herrmann Dance Revolution The success of Amanda’s Dance Academy is making dreams come true From only four students in 2007 to 149 in 2012, the success of Amanda’s Dance Academy is proof that Eudora is quick on its feet. Amanda’s Dance Academy is currently located at 1402 B Church St., but that thing called success is allowing the school to move to a larger location, which is currently being constructed. “It’s exciting. The new facility will offer three times the space,” says Amanda Herrmann, who runs the academy. “We’ll have two classrooms, an apparel store, storage upstairs for props, a larger lobby and basically an indestructible dance floor, one of the best floors you can dance on.” Herrmann’s parents currently live in Hanover, a small town of less than 1,000. She grew up in similar small towns around Kansas and remembers the long drive it took to get to the nearest dance studio. “I always wished there was a dance studio closer to me,” Herrmann says. “That’s why I wanted to open my own dance studio in a small town.” Herrmann has an arts degree in dance from the University of Kansas, along with a minor in business. Her academy started out as an evening dance class through Eudora Parks and Rec. As word of mouth spread, the academy grew. “When we first started, we had no money to pay for fancy ads, it was all word of mouth,” Herrmann says. “I’m thankful so many people in the community have helped us and wanted to see us succeed.” Herrmann chose Eudora for the location of her studio because she liked the community size and knew there was a void that needed to be filled. “We liked the community feel of Eudora. We liked the location— my husband had a job in Kansas City, and I was still in college,” she says. “We thought we’d teach a few classes in the evening. A few classes in the evening turned into a full-time job.” Amanda’s Dance Academy offers students classes in jazz, tap, ballet and hip-hop. One of the things that sets this school apart from others, Herrmann says, is the small class size. “Our average class size is eight dancers. That’s a good size—small enough that they can make friends, the teacher knows everyone’s name and there’s a lot of individual attention,” she says. Each year the academy hosts a recital at Eudora High School’s 700-seat auditorium. For students who want to get more serious about their dancing, Amanda’s also offers a performing company that travels to area competitions as well as nursing homes. The group, in its third year, has brought back awards from such events as the International Dance Challenge. According to “Miss Amanda,” as she’s known by her students, the parents in Eudora are a huge part of her success. Herrmann couldn’t be happier with the outcome. “I remember being an 8-year-old girl, telling my dance teachers I wanted to be like them when I grew up,” Herrmann says. “I love dancing, that’s why I opened the studio—it was my lifelong dream.”

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Jim Neis Neis Guys Finish First Farming some of the best land in Kansas means long hours, big rewards Whenever Jim Neis sees another house being built in Eudora, he gets a little melancholy. Not that he doesn’t appreciate progress, but it’s that the dirt in Eudora, it ain’t cheap. “Right in here around Lawrence and Eudora is some of the best dirt you can get a hold of,” he says. “A lot of guys want to build houses on it. A lot of guys like myself kind of hate to see that because they don’t make any more of this ground. It’s sort of a rare commodity right now.” Neis, a lifelong resident of Eudora, has been a farmer all his life. In fact, his father and both of his grandfathers were also farmers. Now, he and his two younger brothers, Dale and Stan, are behind Neis Brothers Farms. They farm about 4,000 acres of row crops, mostly soybean and corn with a little wheat. Some of the land is theirs, but most of it is rented or sharecropped. They also have cattle, about 300 head. “When me and my two brothers decided what we wanted to do for a career, it worked out great. We just followed dad around, dad moved to the side and let us move ahead,” Neis says of farming. “We took it from there. We had something to build off of.” Clifford Neis, aka “dad,” is mostly retired, but he still keeps an interest in the family business. He monitors the grain and cattle markets and offers advice from time to time. Neis is happy he chose farming as his career. The Eudora High School graduate (class of 1986) says it’s a lot like any other small business—you need to do most of it yourself to get the full benefit out of it. “I like using my hands, I like being outdoors, I like to be my own boss. [Farming] lets me be a mechanic, a welder, a heavy machine operator and a veterinarian,” he says. “I get to do a variety of things.” The hours can be long, though. There are three busy times of the year: calving season (January through May), planting season (April through May) and harvest (September through November). During those times, the workday starts at 7 a.m. and doesn’t end until 10 p.m. But according to Neis, it’s a good time to be a farmer, as grain and cattle prices have risen in the last five years. “If you can make money and do what you enjoy, there’s nothing any better,” Neis says.

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Step inside the door at Penny Annie’s Sweet Shoppe, and it feels like you may have just stepped back in time. From the old popcorn kettles and the large neon “SHAKES” sign to the collection of retro candy, they just don’t make shops like these anymore. What was an institution in downtown Lawrence for 23 years has relocated to downtown Eudora. One community’s loss is another’s gain. “The rent was heavy [in Lawrence],” says owner Monica Bowers-Istas, who reopened her store in November 2011 on the north end of Main Street. “We’ve lived in Eudora for 17 years, so we just decided to try it.” Popcorn is probably the most popular product at Penny Annie’s. “We still make it the old-fashioned way—we make flavored corn in 5-gallon batches,” she says. “It’s quite an operation, especially during the holidays.” But others might argue which is the shop’s best treat: homemade fudge, shakes and malts, soda fountain favorites or homemade root beer. “Those are the things that people come for. Soft-serve ice cream in a malt is not the same as hand-dipped ice cream,” Bowers-Istas says. “People remember what a real shake tastes like from when they were a kid. That’s what we have.” Some customers will venture from Lawrence to get a taste of the goodies they used to get regularly when the shop was located on Massachusetts Street. “They came in when they were kids, or when they were in college,” Bowers-Istas says. “It’s always nice to see someone you remember.”

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Quilting Bits & Pieces Kaye Spitzli remembers when this spot was a Ford dealership. She remembers it being a Chevrolet dealership. She remembers when her father operated an auto mechanic’s shop here, and she remembers when, not so long ago, it was a grocery store. Spitzli can remember playing in the front windows here at 736 Main St. when she was a child. Built in the 1920s and one of Eudora’s most celebrated locations, it has housed Quilting Bits & Pieces the past 14 years. The store’s owners—Spitzli, Christina DeArmond and Eula Lang—are practically quilting royalty. The trio have co-authored several books and regularly speaks at Quilt Guilds nationwide. They have fans across the country and regularly get out-of-state visitors at their store. “The bank across the street keeps tabs on our visitors,” DeArmond says. “They’ll say to us, ‘You had cars there today from California and North Dakota!’ We are getting pretty well-known.” Quilting Bits & Pieces may be located in a small-town, but that doesn’t prevent them from being one of the best in the business. In the store’s first year, they kept around 500 bolts of fabric in stock. Today they regularly keep close to 3,000 on hand. “The store keeps expanding. The Lord blessed us tremendously,” DeArmond says. “We started out with just a couple owners working, now we have 14 employees.” The store takes the best of its small town personality and combines it with a big selection. “We have become well-known for helping people. Some quilt shops either don’t have the staff or expertise to work with a customer who is having problems,” Spitzli says. “We’re willing to help them out along the way.” The store specializes in embroidery and applique. They also sell fabric, quilting patterns, books and notions, and as for the classes they offer? Better sign up fast. “Quilt Camp,” as it’s called, is a three-day quilter’s dream and packs downtown from Thursday through Saturday. “It fills up no matter how many times we do it,” DeArmond says. “The restaurants like us … we promote them and try to keep the business in town.” It might throw off the Eudora Police to see so many cars still surrounding one store at midnight or even 2 a.m. on a Friday, but that’s not some house party, it’s the Late Night at QB&P. The lights will still be on late at the quilt shop and fabric will be spread far and wide, with quilters working late into the night. It’s a far cry from when Spitzli used to play in the windows of the car dealership where her dad worked when she was a child. This place still brings her happiness all the same. “(Quilting) makes people happy, not only me. It’s a comfort thing, and it’s generational,” she says. “My mother, my grandmother and my great-grandmother all quilted.” DeArmond agrees, “It’s a form of reaching out.” And it reaches far beyond the city’s limits.

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Cami’s Cake Co. Downtown Eudora definitely has a sweet tooth. Just a few doors down from Penny Annie’s is Cami’s Cake Co., located at 724 Main Street, owned and operated by Eudora resident Cami San Romani. Cami’s Cake Co. started out just selling cupcakes but since has branched out to specialty cakes (including wedding and birthday cakes). The cakes aren’t the only sweet thing at the store—San Romani’s 3-month-old daughter, Declan, is also a regular at the shop. “I’m glad we opened the store here in Eudora because it gives me the chance to raise her. People come in and they say, ‘Here, let me hold her while you get the cupcakes,’” San Romani says. “I was raised that way. My parents owned a hardware store, and we would go and get nails for customers. I’m glad she’ll be raised in the same atmosphere.” Since most of San Romani’s business comes from orders in advance, downtown Eudora is ideal for her store; she’s not depending on busy crowds walking by the store to have a profitable business. “We don’t need the foot traffic, but we have our loyal fans. Whenever we’re open, they’re here, time and time again,” San Romani says. “I love having my business in Eudora. The community supports us.” San Romani laughs and says that sometimes she feels like she lives in Mayberry. “It has a feeling of home. Lawrence was great, but it wasn’t home. I come in, run over to the post office and chat with the post office ladies while they ooh and ahh over [Declan]. They know my name. I don’t have to say, ‘I’m expecting a package,’ they have it ready for me. On my way down to the bank, I wave to Bill the tax guy. It’s not like that everywhere—we’re really fortunate here.” San Romani’s husband, a Eudora schoolteacher, encouraged her to attend pastry school so she could have an artistic occupation. The cakes she delivers from her store every day give a new meaning to tasteful art. And word of mouth about these cakes travels fast, once people get a taste. “We do wedding cakes, and one person always leads to another person,” she says. “It’s been amazing. We started out just with cupcakes. This weekend, I booked my 39th and 40th wedding cakes of the year.”

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historic america, historic eudora Eudora finds itself in the middle of many major American themes

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Kaw Indians, Shawnee Indians, German settlers, the Civil War, the Oregon Trail—all of these early American historical staples have connections to northeast Kansas and Eudora. “Eudora has a unique history. You can probably make the argument that every community has a rich history, but I think Eudora’s is unique, especially for Douglas County,” says Ben Terwilliger, director of the Eudora Area Historical Society. Unlike Lawrence’s position on a free state and Lecompton being pro-slavery, “Eudora was farmers from Germany that wanted to stay out of the war. It had a very different foundation.”

The Eudora Area Historical Society displays various artifacts collected from in and around Eudora.

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Eudora’s history begins with various Indian tribes, most notably the Kaw. The Kaw lived in the area for a couple of hundred of years before being forced out by the American government in the 1820s, to make room for the Shawnee Indians. The Shawnee were then forced out by the American government in 1854. The city of Eudora was formally created in 1857 when a Shawnee chief named Paschal (Latin for ‘Easter’) Fish Jr. sold 10,000 acres of land to the Eudora Homestead Association, a 600-member stockholder group of Germans in Chicago. The city was named after one of Paschal’s daughters, Eudora. German soon became the dominant language in the town.

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Jim Harris, left, and Glenn Wineinger

“The Oregon Trail was just a mile south of where we are right now. Western expansion is very much a part of the history here. A lot of Indian history relates to this area here because of the Shawnee presence. The Civil War was also a big part of the history.” -Ben Terwilliger

Notable in Eudora history is the town’s involvement in William Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence in 1863. Quantrill arrived in Eudora prior to Lawrence, killed a few residents, then demanded directions to Lawrence. He was shown the way by a young German boy who managed to escape with his life. Three men set out on horseback to warn Lawrence about Quantrill and his raiders. None of the three men made it to Lawrence, as two were thrown from their horses, and the other cared for one of the injured men. Another major moment in Eudora history came in 1942, when the War Department contracted the Hercules Powder Company to construct the Sunflower Ordnance Works. The rocket propellant factory provided munitions for World War II and doubled the population of Eudora. The Eudora Area Historical Society continues to collect historical artifacts and records. Other important moments include such things as bank robberies, floods, school closings and openings, as well as the history of Kansas Highway 10. The group has a museum at the Nottingham building on Church Street in Eudora. Pieces in the museum include old documents dating back to Eudora’s beginnings, photos of the town and writings from its residents. The museum welcomes visitors daily and also reaches out to residents to donate their Eudora artifacts to the museum so the items can stay in the community. “What people need to know about Eudora’s history is it relates to a lot of big themes in American history. It’s not just an isolated community,” Terwilliger says.

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Seth Jones Melissa Carlyle has lived in Eudora since 1992 and frequently brings her two children to the park. Which park? All of them. “Yeah, we’ve got plenty of parks here,” she says. “The kids ask me to come to the parks a lot … they want to get out of the house whenever they can.” It’s easy to get out of the house and play in Eudora. There are multiple parks in the city, with easy access for most residents. Slides, swings, jungle gyms—there’s even a train and a climbing wall available for the kiddos who call Eudora home. Gary Scott is in his first year as director of Eudora’s Parks and Recreation Department. He comes to the city with 30 years of experience in parks and rec, all in bigger communities—20 years in Liberal and 10 years in Lawrence. It’s easy for residents of Eudora to compare its parks to

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that of Lawrence. But he reminds people that Lawrence is a leader in the Midwest when it comes to parkland. For a smaller community, Scott likes what he sees. “Coming to Eudora and seeing the size of the parks, the quality of what’s there in each park? It’s outstanding,” he says. The city offers residents six parks, all with something a little different to enjoy. All of the parks are north of Kansas Highway 10. The plan is to find a good park space for South Eudora as soon as possible, part of the master plan. Yes, Eudora has a master plan for its parks. It’s been kicking around for about a year, and the community is who put it together. “We’ve had some citizens in our community, as well as staff, who have been involved for over a year, putting together a plan and a vision, for our parks and our department of recreation,” Scott says. “We’ll be following

Paschal Fish Park (14th and Maple)

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Playground equipment, a shelter, two outdoor grills. Named after Shawnee Chief Paschal Fish, who owned much of the land in Eudora’s early days.

Located on both sides of Main Street in downtown Eudora, the park offers a play train, a climbing area, swings and toy horses for kids to ride.

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“Coming to Eudora and seeing the size of the parks, the quality of what’s there in each park? It’s outstanding.” -Gary Scott

this plan as best we can. There are a lot of things on the plan to do.” First item on the agenda: adding swings to East Side Park, a park that already features a jungle gym, two basketball goals at different heights and a shelter. “There is no stone unturned. Everything is getting an upgrade,” says Jimmy Kegin, assistant director of the parks and rec department. “We’re trying to find a suitable place on the south side.” Dean Brown has lived in Eudora for four years. He brings his daughter Katie, 3, to East Side Park often. “I think they’re pretty numerous, if nothing else. They’re very convenient and well-equipped,” Brown says of the parks. He says Katie’s favorite thing about East Side Park is that it’s a neighborhood park. “She runs into the neighborhood kids, and she meets up with them and develops friendships,” Brown says. “That’s why she always wants to come to this one.”

Perry Chance has lived in Eudora 12 years. His son Brett, 5, likes to climb. So the two often find themselves at one of Eudora’s parks, most often to Bluejacket Park where there is a climbing wall. “I’ve not encountered a climbing wall at any other city park before,” Chance says. “He goes to the climbing wall and he loves it.” Chance finds the number of parks in Eudora adequate, noting they are all well-maintained and clean. Scott says the crew at Eudora Parks and Rec strives to keep the residents happy with all of the parks. And if they ever see anything that’s askew? He asks that they pick up the phone and give him a call. “Eudora is a great place for your family, because the community raises your family. We have great partnerships between the schools, the churches, organizations, our department, the city,” he says. “We’re all looking to do what’s best for the kids and the families. That’s what we’re all working for.”

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Eudora’s largest park features large slides, a climbing wall and swings for the kids, a quarter-mile walking track, a shelter and grills with picnic tables for the adults.

Perfect for concerts, CPA Park has a gazebo with a stage and dance area. Also includes full-court basketball. Conveniently located just south of downtown.

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Emergency & Medical Kansas Poison Control Lawrence Memorial Hospital www.lmh.org Kansas Crisis Hotline www.kcsdv.org Tip Hotline www.accesskansas.org/kbi (Kansas Bureau of Investigation) Child Abuse Hotline www.srs.ks.gov

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Telephone 911 (800) 222-1222 (785) 505-5000 (888) 363-2287 (800) 572-7463 (800) 922-5330

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Douglas County Services Douglas County www.douglas-county.com Douglas County Sheriff http://www.dgso.org/web/index.php (785) 841-0007 Douglas County Fire & Medical (785) 832-5259 Douglas County Health Department www.ldchealth.org (785) 843-3060 Douglas County Youth Services (785) 331-1300 Douglas County CASA www.dccasa.org (785) 832-5172 Cottonwood Inc. www.cwood.org (785) 842-0550 Bert Nash Community Health Center www.bertnash.org (785) 843-9192

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Anthony’s Diner Diner favorites 10 Ninth St. (785) 690-7788

Gambino’s Pizza Original pies 1402 Church St., Suite D (785) 542-2121

Black Cat Cafe Breakfast and lunch 726 Main St. (785) 690-7084

Gene’s Heartland Foods Grocery 1402 Church St. (785) 542-2727

Cami’s Cake Co. Custom cakes and sweets 724 Main St. (785) 207-2103 www.facebook.com/camiscakeco

Jasmin Restaurant Mexican and Chinese fare 719 Main St. (785) 542-1111

Cutter’s Smokehouse & Catering Company Barbecue and entertainment 218 E. 20th St. (785) 542-1100 www.cutterssmokehouse.com

Dairy Queen Frosty treats 1502 Church St. (785) 542-5050

Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant Delicious Mexican 202 E. 10th St. (785) 542-3800

Pendleton’s Country Market Pick your own vegetables 1446 E. 1850 Road (785) 843-1409 www.pendletons.com

Penny Annie’s Sweet Shoppe Candies and sweets 704 Main St. (785) 542-2111 www.pennyanniessweetshoppe.com

Sonic Drive-In Quick bites 1420 Church St. (785) 542-1799

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Davenport Orchards & Winery Award-winning, locally made wines 1394 E. 1900 Road (785) 542-2278 www.davenportwinery.com

Eudora Area Historical Society A step back in time 1428 Elm St. (Nottingham Elementary School) (785) 690-7900 www.cityofeudoraks.gov

Quilting Bits and Pieces For all your quilting needs 736 Main St. (785) 542-2080 www.eudoraquiltshop.com

Eudora Parks and Recreation For various parks and venues 1630 Elm St. (785) 542-1725 www.eudoraparksandrec.org

Rebel Roxie Rose 101 W. 10th St., Suite B (785) 550-6429 www.rebelroxierose.blogspot.com

Eudora Public Library 14 E. Ninth St. (785) 542-2496 www.eudorapubliclibrary.org

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A & A Lock & Key, L.L.C. 2064 N. 900th Road Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(913) 302-7500 Fax:........................................(913) 221-0380 Email: aandalockandkey@hotmail.com www.aandalock.com Air Filter Plus, Inc. 1205 Cardinal Drive Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(800) 733-8011 Fax:........................................(785) 542-3900 Email: customerservice@airfilterplus.com www.airfilterplus.com Amanda’s Dance Academy 1402 Church St., Suite B Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 691-6314 Email: amandadanceacademy@gmail.com www.amandadanceacademy.com Ameriprise Financial Vestana Ahlen, CFP 6363 College Blvd., Suite 600 Overland Park, KS 66211 .............................................(913) 239-2525 Email: Vestana.ahlen@ampf.com www.ameripriseadvisors.com/vestana.1.ahlen/ Auburn Pharmacy 310 E. 15th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 690-7575 Fax:........................................(785) 690-7577 www.auburnpharmacies.com

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center 1310 Winchester Road Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 843-9192 Fax:........................................(785) 843-2219 Email: talktobert@bertnash.org www.bertnash.org C-Hawkk Construction, Inc. 527 Main St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-1800 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1025 City of Eudora 4 E. Seventh St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2153 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1237 www.cityofeudoraks.gov CLO’s Midnight Farm 2084 N. 600 Road Baldwin City, KS 66006 .............................................(785) 979-1889 Fax:........................................(785) 865-5695 Email: farm@clokan.org www.midnight-farm.org Cutter’s Smokehouse 218 E. 20th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-1100 www.cutterssmokehouse.com Amy L. Durkin – Attorney at Law 702 Main St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-1234 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1235 www.durkinfamilylaw.com Eudora Animal Hospital 1905 Elm St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-3265 Email: info@eudoravet.com www.eudoravet.com Eudora Baptist Church 525 W. 20th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2734 Fax:........................................(785) 542-2037 Email: churchoffice@eudorabc.org www.eudorabc.org

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Eudora Community Learning Center 1310 Winchester Road Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-1278 Email: angie.miller@greenbush.org www.greenbush.org Eudora Family Care 600 E. 20th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2345 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1239 www.lmh.org Eudora Public Library 14 E. Ninth St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2496 Fax:........................................(785) 542-2496 Email: eudorapl@sunflower.com www.eudorapubliclibrary.org EudoraReporter.com Eudora, KS 66025 editor@eudorareporter.com www.eudorareporter.com Eudora United Methodist Church 2084 N. 1300 Rd. P.O. Box 520 Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-3200 http://www.eudoraumc.org/ Eudora Wine & Spirits 218 W. 20th St., Suite A Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 690-7500 www.eudorawine.com Eurotec Vertical Flight Solutions 1040 OCL Parkway Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 331-2220 Fax:........................................(785) 331-2221 Email: info@eurotecvfs.com www.eurotecvfs.com Gambino’s Pizza 1402 Church St., Suite D Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2121 Fax:........................................(785) 841-1926 www.gambinospizza.com

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Glaser Williams 1125 John L. Williams Drive Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 690-7381 Fax:........................................(785) 690-7387 www.glaserwilliams.com

LMH Eudora Therapy Services 600 E. 20th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 505-2712 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1239 www.lmh.org

Sterling Readiness Rounds 112 E. 10th St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-1405 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1410 www.readinessrounds.com

Hamm Quarry, L.L.C. 609 Perry Place Perry, KS 66073 .............................................(785) 597-5111 Fax:........................................(785) 597-9914 www.nrhamm.com

Medicalodges Eudora 1415 Maple St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2176 http://medicalodgeseudora.com

Sunflower Publishing 609 New Hampshire St. Lawrence, KS 66044 .............................................(785) 832-7257 Fax:........................................(785) 331-0633 Email: sunpubads@sunflowerpub.com www.sunflowerpub.com

Holy Family Catholic Church 311 E. Ninth St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2788 Fax:........................................(785) 542-1908 Email: hfceudora@sunflower.com http://holyfamilyeudora.com

Mid America Bank 3220 Mesa Way, Suite C Lawrence, KS 66049 .............................................(785) 841-8055 Fax:........................................(785) 841-8280 Email: dbecker@mid-americabank.com http://mid-americabank.com/

Jayhawk Dental, L.L.C. 826 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66044 .............................................(785) 843-9122 Email: jayhawkdental@sunflower.com www.jayhawkdental.com

Miller Agency Insurance 711 Main St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2000 Fax:........................................(785) 542-2370 Email: mai@sunflower.com http://milleragencyinsurance.com

Kaw Valley State Bank 739 Main St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-4200 Fax:........................................(785) 542-2148 www.kawvalleystatebank.com

Minuteman Press of Lawrence 501 Gateway Drive, Suite B Lawrence, KS 66049 .............................................(785) 842-2656 Fax:........................................(785) 843-9027 www.minutemanlawrence.com

Kenneth O. von Achen: Chartered Architects 40555 W. 103rd St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2410 http://kovaca.com

Rebel Roxie Rose 101 W. 10th St., Suite B Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 550-6429 Email: rebelroxierose@yahoo.com www.rebelroxierose.blogspot.com

Knology 1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 301 Lawrence, KS 66044 .............................................(785) 841-2720 Fax:........................................(785) 312-6909 http://kansas.knology.com

R.D. Johnson 1705 N. 1399 Road Lawrence, KS 66046 .............................................(785) 842-9100 Fax:........................................(785) 842-9113 http://www.rdjohnsonexcavating.com/

Lawrence Memorial Hospital 325 Maine St. Lawrence, KS 66025 www.lmh.org

State Farm Insurance Keith Nowland 2018 E. 20th St., Suite B Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-3276 Fax:........................................(785) 542-3260 www.keithnowland.com

Tallgrass Communications P.O. Box 446 Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 727-8865 Unified School District #491 1002 Elm St. Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-4910 Fax:........................................(785) 542-4909 www.eudoraschools.org Warren-McElwain Mortuary 1003 John L. Williams Drive Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 843-1120 Fax:........................................(785) 843-1182 Email: info@warrenmcelwain.com www.warrenmcelwain.com Westerhouse, Inc. 1958 N. 1100 Road Eudora, KS 66025 .............................................(785) 542-2707 Fax:........................................(785) 542-3002 www.westerhouse.com

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